ZuluCS's Sketchbook

[ZuluCS]

Hey, sup.

I thought I'd make a sketchbook thread to get a little more feedback on some of my drawings. I figured it is a step forward to becoming an artist of some sort, and it'll keep me motivated for as long as possible.

I'll start with some sketches I did over the summer, mostly figure drawings, and move on to original drawings later. These were drawn in 10-20 minutes with references from posemaniacs.com. I resized them to fit.

[Dookiemaister]

woa, great anatomy.

[Dusty-Gorilla]

Anything completed?

[ZuluCS]

At 9/10/07 07:14 PM, Dookiemaister wrote: woa, great anatomy.

Thx

At 9/10/07 07:16 PM, Dusty-Gorilla wrote: Anything completed?

I said I'll get to it later =P

Here are 37 more poses, only done in 90 seconds each.

[Ismael92]

Wow, great! You sure know a lot about anatomy. They are very realistic, keep it up!

[Winned]

Very nice, I might have to check out that website.

[ZuluCS]

At 9/10/07 07:35 PM, Ismael92 wrote: Wow, great! You sure know a lot about anatomy. They are very realistic, keep it up!

Thanks, I also used a timed reference for them, they were very difficult at the start but I eventually got the hang of it.

Here are some eyes I drew, also from reference, as suggested by someone at conceptart.org.
They were also resized to fit.

[ZuluCS]

Here are some random sketches from other random photos... still just practicing.

[ExtraTim]

All of them are unreal. I love them to bits, and I can't explain why. Even the eyes are mesmerizing. Thinking of your final works gives me chills.

[ZekeySpaceyLizard]

Christ. Some very very good sketches of body and form here. Jolly good.

[ZuluCS]

At 9/10/07 10:50 PM, ExtraTim wrote: All of them are unreal. I love them to bits, and I can't explain why. Even the eyes are mesmerizing. Thinking of your final works gives me chills.

That's where I am having most trouble, with colors and all that. Thanks anyway =P

Here is an orthographic sketch of a female soldier I finished without a reference, to test what I knew about anatomy. Please tell me if the proportions are off or something like that.

[test-object]

I must admit: I'm astonished... Such awesome proportions.

[ZuluCS]

At 9/11/07 03:08 PM, test-object wrote: I must admit: I'm astonished... Such awesome proportions.

Thanks =)

Here are all 5 of my CHOW submissions plus one I didn't submit.

[SuperDeagle]

At 9/11/07 03:35 PM, ZuluCS wrote:

At 9/11/07 03:08 PM, test-object wrote: I must admit: I'm astonished... Such awesome proportions.

Thanks =)

Here are all 5 of my CHOW submissions plus one I didn't submit.

reminds me of the usual Rockstar games art style

[ZuluCS]

At 9/11/07 05:22 PM, fetusdoctor wrote:

At 9/11/07 03:35 PM, ZuluCS wrote: Here are all 5 of my CHOW submissions plus one I didn't submit.

Looks like you hate drawing feet. :P

Yea a bit, I can't draw full length drawings well, hence all the figure drawings.

At 9/11/07 05:31 PM, PrinceFlea wrote: You really know how do anotomy and adding some surreal stuff, where did you get your practice from?

Online tutorials... and random pictures on google I use for reference.

[fofizzle]

At 9/11/07 07:58 AM, ZuluCS wrote: That's where I am having most trouble, with colors and all that. Thanks anyway =P

Here is an orthographic sketch of a female soldier I finished without a reference, to test what I knew about anatomy. Please tell me if the proportions are off or something like that.

ITS ROBO COP AS A WOMAN!!! OMFG YOURE AWESOME!

[Ismael92]

What can I say... Just great! Keep it up man, I really like it, you have a lot of talent.

[Frolikyn]

ahhh Zulu, good job on those sketches ... Wish i were that good on human anatomy.

Conceptart is a pretty good website ... amazing artists and I even saw a Creature of The Week forum thread!

I feel like sketching stuff right now :)

[afghan-man1]

At 9/11/07 03:35 PM, ZuluCS wrote:

At 9/11/07 03:08 PM, test-object wrote: I must admit: I'm astonished... Such awesome proportions.

Thanks =)

Here are all 5 of my CHOW submissions plus one I didn't submit.

man this is great you got a career set in stone for art

[SupaKyle]

ZOMG!!!1!!1!! you Rulez. YOU get a soundwave!!!

[ZuluCS]

At 9/11/07 09:30 PM, afghan-man1 wrote: man this is great you got a career set in stone for art

Thanks, I hope so.

Here is a drawing I've started. I would like people's opinions on it so far.

[GoddaM]

Here is a drawing I've started. I would like people's opinions on it so far.

my opinion is you got skills dude. I don't think there is really anything else to say but I can't wait to see the finished version of this one and i am going to be watching for more posts on this thread. Peace.

[AlkaSeltzer]

your drawings are pretty amazing. Don't feel unimpressed with your completed work because your terrific with coloring & shading too.

[ZuluCS]

Thank you guys.

I doubt I'll finish it, it's not turning out the way I want. I'll probably try something different later.

Here's what I got.

[Grindfather]

Such a great eye for muscles and anatomy overall, that's just impressive.

Did you just learn everything on your own? Because that's some professionall stuff you got there!

[ZuluCS]

At 9/13/07 05:54 PM, Grindfather wrote: Such a great eye for muscles and anatomy overall, that's just impressive.

Did you just learn everything on your own? Because that's some professionall stuff you got there!

Only up until recently I started practicing figure drawing and anatomy. I know a bit, but most of what I have here is from reference.
I've used plenty of tutorials and artist's advice, so I didn't really learn anything on my own.

[Hammi]

Simply kickass. Im adoring your sketchbook creations. You will def be a favorite here if you keep up doing this. That wip you made, what a bang up job. I look forward... to be amazed XD Awesome man.

[poxpower]

You shall go far my friend, far.

You can draw random people in a void pretty damn well and your PS painting skills are top notch though, good job!

Now for a real challenge: Try making a comicbook page! ;)

[ZuluCS]

At 9/13/07 08:30 PM, poxpower wrote: Now for a real challenge: Try making a comicbook page! ;)

Maybe I will. =P

I forced myself to finish this drawing tonight, here it is with my process. Please tell me how it looks. =)

[kronk1]

At 9/13/07 10:13 PM, ZuluCS wrote: I forced myself to finish this drawing tonight, here it is with my process. Please tell me how it looks. =)

that looks great, you should do some tutorials on some of these, coz i have no clue with anatomy and i have had no luck finding tutorials on anatomies